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Minnesota DOT asks farmers to participate in Living Snow Fence program

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is asking farmers to participate in the agency’s Living Snow Fence Program by leaving standing corn rows, hay bales or silage bags to help reduce snow from blowing onto state highways. MnDOT is timing the announcement to coincide with planting season so farmers can incorporate their involvement into their […]

April 6, 2016

Roadbuilding

Watch 2 years of ongoing St. Croix Crossing construction in this MnDOT time-lapse

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) has done a great job of documenting ongoing construction of the St. Croix Crossing, a 3,200-foot bridge that will connect Minnesota and Wisconsin over the St. Croix River. The bridge construction project began in April 2013 and is expected to be completed in the fall of 2017. Numerous videos and photos […]

March 30, 2016

Roadbuilding

Minnesota DOT’s noise barrier program to award $700,000 to 172 cities

The Minnesota Department of Transportation’s (MnDOT) Greater Minnesota Stand-Alone Noise Barrier program will be awarding roughly $700,000 to 172 cities for building noise barrier projects. “Currently, most of the noise barriers are in the Twin Cities area, where higher traffic counts can create noise levels that exceed state standards,” says Peter Wasko, program administrator. “There […]

March 28, 2016

Roadbuilding

Asphalt Pavement Alliance honors 8 state DOTs with 2015 Perpetual Pavement Award

The Asphalt Pavement Alliance presented eight state departments of transportation with its 2015 Perpetual Pavement Award that recognizes long-lasting and high-quality asphalt pavements. The Perpetual Pavement Award has been awarded to 108 pavements across the U.S. and Canada since its inception in 2001. To qualify for the award, an asphalt pavement owned by a state […]

March 17, 2016

Roadbuilding

Minnesota DOT converting roadway lights from high-pressure sodium to LED

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is converting more than 28,500 roadway lights from high-pressure sodium bulbs and fixtures to LEDs in an effort to improve motorist visibility, save energy and lengthen bulb replacement time. The agency estimates the move will see $1.45 million in yearly energy savings with an additional $500,000 in reduced maintenance […]

March 14, 2016

Roadbuilding

AASHTO fills positions on committee and National Operations Center of Excellence board

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) has appointed three individuals to a program position, committee position and board position. AASHTO President Paul Trombino named Minnesota Department of Transportation’s (MnDOT) Steve Lund to a two-year term as chairman of the association’s Snow and Ice Cooperative Program. Lund is director of MnDOT’s Office […]

January 13, 2016

Roadbuilding

Minnesota DOT provides roughly $32 million in grants for state highway projects designed for economic development

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) has awarded approximately $32 million in grants for state highway projects that are designed to support economic development in addition to updating the states transportation system. The grants come from Minnesota’s Transportation Economic Development (TED) program through a partnership with the state’s Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). […]

January 8, 2016

Roadbuilding

Minnesota DOT installing Rural Intersection Conflict Warning Systems at 54 intersections

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is updating 54 rural intersections with intelligent transportation systems to improve intersection safety. MnDOT is adding Rural Intersection Conflict Warning Systems (RICWS) at locations identified as high risk using variables including visibility, nearby commercial development, nearby railroad tracks, traffic volume, crash history and distance from a previous stop sign. […]

September 30, 2015

Roadbuilding

Judge rules Minnesota DOT, engineer are immune from wrongful death lawsuit

The Minnesota Department of Transportation and one of its engineers will be immune from a lawsuit filed over the death of a man who died in a 2012 crash, a judge ruled last week. According to KARE 11, 25-year-old former Minnesota State University football player Fred Statz was driving home from a banquet at a […]

August 18, 2015

Roadbuilding

Man steals Minnesota DOT truck from work zone, leads police on a 14-mile chase

A 35-year-old man was arrested Monday for stealing a Minnesota Department of Transportation truck from a construction zone, but not before he took a 14-mile joyride with police in pursuit. According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the man walked into the Highway 61 work zone and took a MnDOT inspector’s Ford F-150 early Monday. The Inver Grove Heights […]

August 5, 2015

Roadbuilding

Minneapolis residents aren’t happy about all of the road work

When departments of transportation get complaints, it’s usually about some road or another needing work done. But the Minnesota Department of Transportation has been getting complaints that they are simply doing too much road work. KARE 11 reported that MnDOT has seen a spike in complaints from drivers in the Minneapolis area asking why the […]

July 17, 2015

Roadbuilding

Electronic sign hacked to display ‘Bush did 9/11’ in Minnesota work zone

A portable electronic sign at a construction site in Minnesota briefly detoured from it’s normal job displaying safety warnings at the hands of apparent hackers. The sign displayed “Bush Did 9/11” in the early hours of June 19 until crews noticed the message, according to KVLY. The Minnesota Department of Transportation’s Jerimiah Moerke told KVVY that […]

June 25, 2015